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Going for an outdoor trip with your family sometimes becomes problematic if do not have a spacious car. Taking your family on a trip means more luggage and more luggage means you need more space in your car. Sometimes due to lack of enough space in the car, you are forced to leave behind at home, your golf kit or bicycle or any such item. However, with the availability of the various types of roof boxes you can drop the idea of buying a big and spacious car for some time. Apart from buying this roof boxes, you can also get them on rent while going on trip. There are a number of companies that provide roof box rental schemes that can solve your purpose of getting one for your car. But before taking help of any of these roof box rental schemes, you must first have an idea about some of the best quality roof boxes available these days.

The most popular roof box in the current date is the Thule Pacific 100 which has a maximum capacity of 50 kg and its own weight is around 12 kg. Some other products from the same series of roof boxes include Thule Pacific 200, Thule Pacific 500, Thule Pacific 600 and Thule Pacific 700. All of them have a maximum capacity of 50 kg each; however their own weights vary from 12-15 kg.

Another popular line of Thule roof boxes is the Atlantis series and the products included in this line are the Thule Atlantis 600, Thule Atlantis 780 and the Thule Atlantis 900.

If you are someone who loves to spend your winter holidays travelling to snow clad mountains and playing adventurous winter games like skiing, a ski roof box is one of the many items you need to buy before setting off for their holiday. In the limited space of the car, you are often left with no space to boot your ski kit and are forced to leave them behind at home. But with these innovative ski roof boxes, you get enough space to load all your ski equipment safely on top of the car. They not only keep the equipment safe from turbulence caused during travelling but also provide safety from bad weather conditions like rainfall and snowfall.

A number of companies have come up with a wide variety of ski roof boxes that have proved quite useful for frequent travelers. One such product is the Thule Pacific 200 Multi-purpose 460Ltr Family Roof Box. It has a maximum capacity of 50 kg, which is about average for most ski roof boxes, and the carrier itself weighs 14 kg. It comes with the patented fast-grip quick mount system and all the handling is done from the inside of the box. For reduced air resistance, wind noise and vibration, the ski roof box has a lowered base and there is a central safety locking system in the box.

Some other options for ski roof boxes from the same manufacturer include the Thule Atlantis 600, Thule Atlantis 780, Thule Atlantis 900, Thule Pacific 100 and the Thule Pacific 500.

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